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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 6:17:25 PM

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2. Your home is bright and colorful... that room would be neutral, neutral, neutral. Would they work together? What's you plan for bringing in color?

Haven't entirely worked that out yet, but some places I can bring in color:

-kitchen mat
-candle on the counter
-burner covers
-floral arrangement on the window sill

I agree with pulling the color for the walls from the counter tops rather than from the chairs- thanks!! Good idea

I don't want a theme in the kitchen.

I do want something dramatic, but nice. I know what I mentioned isn't really eye catching and memorable.... this room is SO HARD!!

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 6:20:28 PM

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maybe you should do BRIGHT YELLOW...that would definitely brighten it up in there and make a statement in the small areas that will be painted....lol. hey, lemons are yellow, right

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 6:23:49 PM

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Jess, I'd also probably paint the cabinets a slightly different color. Off the same paint chip, but maybe two or three shades lighter. I'm afraid you are going to end up so monochromatic that it will be bland...

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 6:26:58 PM

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I say go with RED...hehehe

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 6:28:28 PM

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why don't I just combine red and yellow?? I could do red peppers and lemons as accents

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 6:30:19 PM

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why don't I just combine red and yellow?? I could do red peppers and lemons as accents

hey....sounds good...at least you are sticking with the food theme....LOL. You could always do a theme of "food and drinks" and throw in a couple of Coca Cola bottles!!!! LOL

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 6:35:12 PM

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Hey cool! Do you like that really ethnic look that seems to go with bright colours? Maybe you could add a couple of Moroccan lamps to it.

or were you thinking more of the orange effect?

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 6:36:13 PM

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 6:38:06 PM

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I would go insane with a bright kitchen like that!

One of my friends redid her kitchen recently. I am going to go check out her kitchen and see if I can steal ideas from her

Paul is going away in a few weeks for five days and my goal is to finish the kitchen while he's gone - he doesn't have a clue that I'm going to redo it!! I am so excited!

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 6:41:18 PM

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I would go insane with a bright kitchen like that!

I would too. I like nice clean looking kitchens so that when it is clean it LOOKS clean. Thats' why we are doing the red and black as accents in our kitchen....white cabinets, and coffee colored walls. We are going to pull up the tiles on the counter too and redo them...the stupid people that did them left the grout lines about 3/4 of an inch thick, so it's impossible to clean them properly. We will probably do tiles again (for the cheap factor and because we are not sure if we will redo the whole kitchen within a few years, which is something we want to do because it needs it)...but they will be done PROPERLY and probably a bigger tile then the now 6in by 6in tiles that are there.

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 6:43:16 PM

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Jessica, being serious now, have you seen the pics of what we did in our kitchen. I really think those colours could work in yours.

Counter we made to give us more storage. The backboard there is actually estapoled plywood. To the right you can see the original counter and the actual wall colour.

This pic shows it a little more clearly.

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 6:44:32 PM

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Yes, my hubby wants everything along the walls. I choose my battles so thats how most of our furniture is. Thats a battle I just let him win.

Good plan, Erin! Just wait til you start filling up that floor space with baby stuff

...You'll be able to let it be his idea to move the furniture out from the walls to give baby a cozy little play area that he won't trip over....have you ever stepped on a plastic triangle in the middle of the night??? Just wait!

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 6:46:24 PM

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....have you ever stepped on a plastic triangle in the middle of the night??? Just wait!

LOL...Legos are even worse!!!!!

yeah, if it were me that's another thing I would do in that other section...do a little corner play area for baby....but you've got a bit of time before you will need that anyway Erin.

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 6:46:49 PM

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MM, I have a scar in the middle of the joint at the base of my middle finger on my left hand where I fell on top of a piece of lego and it actually dug a piece of skin out of my hand.

That lego is dangerous stuff.

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 6:50:42 PM

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OUCH!!!!!!!!!!

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 7:06:05 PM

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Yeah, OUCH!!

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 7:24:07 PM

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kylie - is it yellow?

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 7:38:22 PM

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A pale creamy yellow.

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 8:24:56 PM

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Three other ideas I've had about your kitchen would be to:

1. Paint the Cabinets a supersoft taupe based (once again) on your countertop and paint the Walls a sage green. I think that would go well with the other colors you have going on and wouldn't get too bland.

2. Paint the Cabinets a dark taupe based (once again) on your countertop but a bit darker than the overall color your countertops "read" (something like the wall color Sarah is using in her kitchen) and paint the Walls a soft blue. I love blue and brown together. This is my least favorite idea because of your white appliances. I'm not a big fan of appliances contrasting a lot with cabinets.

3. Paint the Cabinets a supersoft taupe based (once again) on your countertop and paint the Walls a medium or dark blue.

You could still do the gloss/flat striping or alternate the cabinet and wall colors, like you were thinking.

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 9:31:33 PM

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1. Paint the Cabinets a supersoft taupe based (once again) on your countertop and paint the Walls a sage green. I think that would go well with the other colors you have going on and wouldn't get too bland.

I like that thought.
My friend did her kitchen cabinets in a really neat way... I'm not sure how to describe it, it's almost like a sophisticated weathered look. I've asked her about it, and will see about doing it in our kitchen... I'll post pictures or a better description once she reminds me exactly how hers is!

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 10:11:20 PM

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1. Paint the Cabinets a supersoft taupe based (once again) on your countertop and paint the Walls a sage green. I think that would go well with the other colors you have going on and wouldn't get too bland.

I like that thought.
My friend did her kitchen cabinets in a really neat way... I'm not sure how to describe it, it's almost like a sophisticated weathered look. I've asked her about it, and will see about doing it in our kitchen... I'll post pictures or a better description once she reminds me exactly how hers is!

There is an acrylic paint finish that makes it look "crackled", you paint the cabinets a base color, put the crackle glaze on, then paint them a the finish color. The crackle glaze basically makes small cracks in the top coat so you can see the base color.

Or, you can line up your cabinet doors outside and beat them gently with various objects- chains, mallet, etc... for a more "weathered" look.

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 10:20:39 PM

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Or, you can line up your cabinet doors outside and beat them gently with various objects- chains, mallet, etc... for a more "weathered" look.

We call that the 'distressed' look.

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 10:26:05 PM

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That's normally done using glaze mixed with a color (paint/stain/toner/etc) because glaze is translucent.

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 10:28:33 PM

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Some of the crackle glazes come in fine or large. Others you can control the size of the crackle to some extent by how heavy you make the coat of glaze. I have never done it on a large scale but I find the small crack gives a really nice look. More of a well-kept vintage then a truly distressed one.

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RE: Our Homes (revived chat about decorating) - 2/28/2008 10:32:05 PM

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When you use the crackle on a smaller scale (I did a CD rack for Mark) you often do a base coat followed by the glaze and then rub on a darker shade of the original color. It settles in the cracks and makes them pop but it would be a lot of work to do that to kitchen cabinets. I have never seen it on that large of a scale but it sounds interesting.

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